Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-12-11
THE PRIZE RING.

A match was yesterday arranged be-
tween Jim Fell, of Grand Rapids, 10
pounds heavy and a man of tine record,
and Reddy Gallagher. 1t will be contested
in O 24-foot ring in the Cleveland gymna-
| stun on the evening of Thursday, Deem
Der 20, and will be Of ten Queensbury
rounds with medium gloves and for the
gate receipts. Marsh Byers of Grand Rs,
pids, Fell's manager, yesterday wrote to
Tom Costello, who is doing business for
Gallagher, that so far as Fell WAS concerned
the match was made on these terms and
Costello has written an acceptance for Gal
lagher.
Arrangements have also been completed
for an eight-round contest between Gala
CHER and Jack Fogarty, the celebrated
heavyweight Of philadelphia. The match
will take place in the Cleveland gymnasi-
um the evening Of January 8. Medium
gloves will be used and Queensbury rules
will govern. The winner will take the
gate receipts.
A London special of December Q says:
| met Mr.. Harding to-day just as he ar
rived back from Kilrain's training quar-
tiers. He said Jake is remarkably well
and he was surprised to see him fighting
the heavy ball weighing l20 pounds as he
did. Tbe bag is OF leather, filled with
sawdust and sand. Jake with his knuck-
les knocks it continually TO the ceiling of
the gymnasium. kiirain and Mitchell
will come to London next Friday week 10
attend the Washington Music Hall in the
evening, when they both, for the lat lime
previous to the kilrain.Smith fight, box
an exhibition. Then tie Fox diamond belt
will be finally handed over to George W.
Atkinson, the stakeholder, to hand over to
the absolute winner.
Jack McAuliffe intends going to Boston
Immediately after his benefit next Mon
day night. Though he has taken Oh flesh
freely since his fight with Carney, aud
looks big and strong, he complains that he
feels bad every other day. To put it in
his own words, he is ali right one day
and all wrong the next Sunday he was
down to Ruland's with his friend, Jack
Dempsey, when both stripped off and took
a plunge into the ocean. You bet We
didn't stay in long" said he, 1T was too
internal cold. / thought the teeth would
CudlOCl u " lu1 hSttN NlOlS EOlultSoSN.
Jack says Dempsey never looked better in
his life, albeit he got down TO 1873 pounds
at one period of his training. He will
fight Reagan weighing about l53 pounds.
Robert Wright, of Detroit, writes no
particulars of the injury To Peters hand.
He simply says that during II bout with
the bag Peters injured his right hand so
badly that he will not I've able to use it for
six weeks. The injury is probably on the
bone hurt on Cutters head in the third
round Of the Peters-Cutler fight. SO the
Thompson-Pete match is therefore post
poned until the end Of January.
Kilrain says that he thinks Mitchell
twice as clever ~ Sullivan and five times
rs anxious TO fight. He also says that he
thinks in u bare Euuckle fight Mitchell
| will have the hest of il.
Paddy Ryan and Joe McAuliGe, heavy
weight champion Of the Pacific coast, are
both in training for the coming battle for
81, 900. December Odd is the date set.
MeIvine Thompson may still go to To
lcdo for his Tour, round match with Il To-
ledo heavyweight. Mervinc will he given
a benefit ut Ryan's within a few days.